Serolidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Sphaeromatidea
Superfamilia: Seroloidea

Familia: Serolidae
Genera: Acanthoserolis - Acutiserolis - Atlantoserolis - Brazilserolis - Brucerolis - Caecoserolis - Ceratoserolis - Cristaserolis - Frontoserolis - Glabroserolis - Heteroserolis - Leptoserolis - Myopiarolis - Neoserolis - Paraserolis - Sedorolis - Septemserolis - Serolella - Serolina - Serolis - Spinoserolis - Thysanoserolis
Name

Serolidae Dana, 1852
References

Bruce, N.L. 2009: New genera and species of the marine isopod family Serolidae (Crustacea, Sphaeromatidea) from the southwestern Pacific. In: Bruce, N. (ed.) Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere. ZooKeys, 18: 17–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.18.96
George, R.Y. 1986. Serolis agassizi, New Species, From The Deep sea Off Cape Fear, North carolina (Crustacea, Isopoda). Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 99: 46–50-78. full article.Reference page.
Poore, G.C.B.; Storey, M.J. 2009: Brucerolis gen. n., and Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988, deep-water southern genera of isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Serolidae). In: Bruce, N. (ed.) Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere. ZooKeys, 18: 143–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.18.129

Serolidae is a family of isopod crustaceans, containing the following genera :[1]

Acanthoserolis Brandt, 1988
Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988
Atlantoserolis Wägele, 1994
Basserolis Poore, 1985
Brazilserolis Wägele, 1994
Brucerolis Poore & Storey, 2009
Caecoserolis Wägele, 1994
Ceratoserolis Cals, 1977
Cristaserolis Brandt, 1988
Frontoserolis Brandt, 1991
Glabroserolis Menzies, 1962
Heteroserolis Brandt, 1991
Leptoserolis Brandt, 1988
Myopiarolis Bruce, 2009
Neoserolis Wägele, 1994
Paraserolis Wägele, 1994
Sedorolis Bruce, 2009
Septemserolis Wägele, 1994
Serolella Pfeffer, 1891
Serolina Poore, 1987
Serolis Leach, 1818
Spinoserolis Brandt, 1988
Thysanoserolis Brandt, 1991

The family Serolidae encompasses 22 genera with 109 species. These species are exclusively marine and are distributed across the marine realms as follows: one species can be found in the Temperate Northern Atlantic, one species in the Temperate Northern Pacific, seven species in the Tropical Atlantic, six species in the Central Indo-Pacific, 16 species in Temperate South America, one species in Temperate Southern Africa, 20 species in Temperate Australasia, and 31 species in the Southern Ocean.[2]

References

WoRMS (2011). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Serolidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
Bruce, Niel L.; Poore, Gary C. B. (2012-08-31). "Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts)". PLOS ONE. 7 (8): e43529. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...743529P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043529. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3432053. PMID 22952700.